# 2012 German Indoor Athletics Championships

The 2012 German Indoor Athletics Championships (German: Deutsche Leichtathletik-Hallenmeisterschaften 2012) was the 59th edition of the national championship in indoor track and field for Germany. It was held on 25–26 February at the Europahalle Karlsruhe in Karlsruhe. A total of 28 events, 14 for men and 14 for women, were contested plus three further events were held separately. It was to serve as preparation for the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
The combined events national championships were held on 28–29 January at the Helmut-Körnig-Halle in Dortmund. The 3 × 1000 m relays were held on 19 February alongside the German Indoor Youth Athletics Championships in Sindelfingen.
For the first time, the 4 × 400 metres relay was no longer in the program. The men's 4 × 200 metres relay relay team from TV Wattenscheid 01 Athletics ran a German record. Championship records were set by Björn Otto in the pole vault and Carolin Walter over 800 metres. European-leading performances were set by Cathleen Tschirch in the 200 metres and David Storl in the shot put.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres | Christian Blum TV Wattenscheid | 6.62 s | Tobias Unger VfB Stuttgart | 6.69 s | Maximilian Kessler SC Charlottenburg | 6.70 s |
| 200 metres | Aleixo-Platini Menga TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 20.94 s | Sven Knipphals VfL Wolfsburg | 21.03 s | Maximilian Kessler SC Charlottenburg | 21.09 s |
| 400 metres | Miguel Rigau LT DSHS Köln | 46.90 s | Simon Kirch SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken | 46.96 s | Thomas Schneider Dresdner SC | 47.01 s |
| 800 metres | Sören Ludolph LG Braunschweig | 1:52.27 min | Jan Riedel Dresdner SC | 1:52.53 min | Kevin Stadler Erfurter LAC | 1:52.54 min |
| 1500 metres | Homiyu Tesfaye LG Eintracht Frankfurt | 3:47.34 min | Carsten Schlangen LG Nord Berlin | 3:48.05 min | Martin Sperlich VfB LC Friedrichshafen | 3:49.84 min |
| 3000 metres | Arne Gabius LAV Tübingen | 7:51.72 min | Steffen Uliczka SG TSV Kronshagen/Kieler TB | 8:04.98 min | Simon Stützel TV Wattenscheid | 8:06.34 min |
| 60 m hurdles | Gregor Traber LAV Tübingen | 7.59 s | Alexander John LAZ Leipzig | 7.69 s | Matthias Bühler LG Offenburg | 7.70 s |
| 4 × 200 m relay | TV Wattenscheid Julian Reus Robin Erewa Alexander Kosenkow Christian Blum | 1:23.90 min | SC Charlottenburg Maximilian Kessler Eric Franke Robert Hind George Petzold | 1:24.84 min | LG Stadtwerke München Christian Rasp Marcus Mikulla Benedikt Wiesend David Gollnow | 1:25.52 min |
| 3 × 1000 m relay | TV Wattenscheid Martin Bischoff Simon Stützel Christoph Lohse | 7:16.01 min | StG Balingen/Zell Clemens Silabetzschky Randy Bögelspacher Denis Bäuerle | 7:22.69 min | StG Magdeburg-Halle Tim Jurich Stephan Abisch Oliver Vogel | 7:23.02 min |
| 5000 m walk | Nils Christopher Gloger SC Potsdam | 20:19.07 min | Mike Berger SC Charlottenburg | 20:33.90 min | Steffen Borsch SV Halle | 21:43.14 min |
| High jump | Raúl Spank Dresdner SC | 2.32 m | Matthias Haverney Dresdner SC | 2.26 m | Sebastian Kneifel TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2.15 m |
| Pole vault | Björn Otto LAV Bayer Uerdingen/Dormagen | 5.92 m | Malte Mohr TV Wattenscheid | 5.87 m | Raphael Holzdeppe LAZ Zweibrücken | 5.82 m |
| Long jump | Sebastian Bayer Hamburger SV | 8.12 m | Julian Howard LG Region Karlsruhe | 7.88 m | Alyn Camara TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 7.78 m |
| Triple jump | Andreas Pohle ASV Erfurt | 16.51 m | Martin Seiler ABC Ludwigshafen | 16.16 m | Manuel Ziegler LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 15.80 m |
| Shot put | David Storl LAC Erdgas Chemnitz | 21.40 m | Candy Bauer LV 90 Erzgebirge | 19.77 m | Artur Hoppe VfL Sindelfingen | 19.56 m |
| Heptathlon | Steffen Kahlert TuS Wunstorf | 5813 pts | Rico Freimuth Hallesche LF | 5715 pts | Matthias Prey Ahrensburger TSV | 5702 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres | Verena Sailer MTG Mannheim | 7.15 s | Yasmin Kwadwo TV Wattenscheid | 7.28 s | Tatjana Pinto LG Ratio Münster | 7.34 s |
| 200 metres | Cathleen Tschirch TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 23.21 s | Anne Möllinger MTG Mannheim | 23.39 s | Rebekka Haase LV 90 Erzgebirge | 24.26 s |
| 400 metres | Esther Cremer TV Wattenscheid | 52.45 s | Wiebke Ullmann TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 53.48 s | Maral Feizbakhsh TV Wattenscheid | 53.86 s |
| 800 metres | Carolin Walter TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2:01.29 min | Karoline Pilawa LG Stadtwerke München | 2:04.69 min | Aline Krebs LAZ Saarbrücken | 2:04.71 min |
| 1500 metres | Maren Kock LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 4:14.72 min | Corinna Harrer LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 4:15.24 min | Gesa Felicitas Krause LG Eintracht Frankfurt | 4:16.36 min |
| 3000 metres | Corinna Harrer LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 9:25.87 min | Maren Kock LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 9:26.11 min | Jana Sussmann LT Haspa Marathon | 9:28.52 min |
| 60 m hurdles | Cindy Roleder LAZ Leipzig | 7.96 s | Carolin Nytra MTG Mannheim | 7.98 s | Nadine Hildebrand LAZ Salamander Kornwestheim-Ludwigsburg | 8.14 s |
| 4 × 200 m relay | TV Wattenscheid Christina Haack Esther Cremer Yasmin Kwadwo Maike Dix | 1:33.86 min | TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen Cathleen Tschirch Julia Förster Anna Maiwald Wiebke Ullmann | 1:34.72 min | LG Ratio Münster Tatjana Pinto Lena Malkus Theresa Greb Kathrin Czichon | 1:36.55 min |
| 3000 m walk | Sabine Krantz TV Wattenscheid 01 | 12:18.70 | Melanie Seeger SC Potsdam | 12:44.29 | Only two participants | Only two participants |
| High jump | Ariane Friedrich LG Eintracht Frankfurt | 1.91 m | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch LAZ Salamander Kornwestheim-Ludwigsburg | 1.89 m | Nadja Kampschulte TV Wattenscheid | 1.89 m |
| Pole vault | Silke Spiegelburg TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 4.57 m | Kristina Gadschiew LAZ Zweibrücken | 4.52 m | Lisa Ryzih ABC Ludwigshafen | 4.47 m |
| Long jump | Ksenia Achkinadze SC Gelnhausen | 6.56 m | Lena Malkus LG Ratio Münster | 6.44 m | Kristin Gierisch LAC Erdgas Chemnitz | 6.41 m |
| Triple jump | Kristin Gierisch LAC Erdgas Chemnitz | 14.19 m | Jenny Elbe Dresdner SC | 14.02 m | Theresa Greb LG Ratio Münster | 13.07 m |
| Shot put | Nadine Kleinert SC Magdeburg | 19.13 m | Christina Schwanitz LV 90 Erzgebirge | 18.68 m | Denise Hinrichs TV Wattenscheid | 18.06 m |
| Pentathlon | Maren Schwerdtner Hannover 96 4318 | 4318 pts | Christina Kiffe ASC Darmstadt | 4284 pts | Stefanie Saumweber SSV Ulm 1846 | 4064 pts |